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To: AntiGuv
I agree.

Pluto not really a planet.

This is what Hubble can see.

Its size and orbit are the main reasons it should be demoted from planet to "something else."

13 posted on 07/30/2005 12:32:47 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot
Its size and orbit are the main reasons it should be demoted from planet to "something else."

I think "dormant comet" is the most appropriate.

15 posted on 07/30/2005 12:38:31 AM PDT by Prime Choice (Thanks to the Leftists, yesterday's deviants are today's "alternate lifestyles.")
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To: SkyPilot

If some alien civilization were charting our solar system there is no chance I think that Pluto would get classified as a planet equal to the other eight. Or, if it were, then it'd be a subcategory of some kind. The chart would have four rocky inner planets, four gaseous outer planets, and four iceballs in the fringe.


17 posted on 07/30/2005 12:42:38 AM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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To: SkyPilot
Pluto has been around for so long we should keep it as is. Its part of the family; and, we have already denegrated it by naming it after this guy:



So why get into a big row when all we really have to do is to quitely edit its position to match the biggest object in the KBO.
20 posted on 07/30/2005 12:55:04 AM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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To: SkyPilot
Clearly, we should recategorize Pluto as "giant disco ball."


24 posted on 07/30/2005 2:01:54 AM PDT by billybudd
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To: SkyPilot

That's no moon.


67 posted on 07/30/2005 12:14:20 PM PDT by Quick1
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To: SkyPilot
Hubble or Hubba hubba ?........:o)


71 posted on 07/30/2005 12:33:02 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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